Phonograph-record cabinet



E. F. JAMIESON. 'FH'ONOGRAPH RECORD CABINET APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 192i.

Patented 001;. 17, 1922..

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F. QlAlVlIESOIl, OF BRAINERD, 1VIIN1\TESOTA.

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Application filed udiffilbd 17, 1921. serial No. 515,922.

To (ZZZ ioito m it may codiern. 1 v v Be it known thatl, EAQRnF Jnvrms a citizen of the United States residing at Brainerd, in the county of Crow vfing and State of Minnesota have in'velnted certain new and useful Improve nents in Phonograph-Record cabinetsg' and do' declare the following to be a lfulhfclear, and exact description of the in ention,- such will enable others skilled in art to which it app r i f t ma e and L h sa e? This inve-nt'on semeste -11 improved cabinet r51 holding phonograplilrecords one object of the inventionis to" pro -v de' a cabinet which the record containingdrawers or slides besecured in a locked pos tion only when the recordsare in place, movement of a y one of the drawers or slides to an open position autoifnatically causing loekfing or the remaining ones 1n a closed position. I y 1 Another object of the invention 1 S li0 s0 construct this cabinet that with oneo'f th'e drawers or slides open, the remaining sl des or drawers cannot be rel eased troni a locked position until the record use been put back in place upon therelea'sed sl de. 1 I

Another object of the invention is to provide a cabinet in which the record carrying slides or drawers may be locked in a very efficient manner and at the same time locked by means having a simple construction. v v

This invention is illustrated in the acco1n- )anying drawing, wherein; Z U

Figure 1' is a horizontal sectilonal v ew through a cabinet of the improved construction.

Figure through the 2-2 of Fig. v tiall'y opened and the remaining locked. x p t Figure 3 is a view similar to 2' show ing the slides all cl os edland released t Figure 4 is a vertical sectional v ew through the upper portion of the cabinet with the upper slide partially opened.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional v ew through a slide taken along the line 5 5 ot Fig. 1. v

This cabinet is provided with a chest or housing 1 in which will be slidably mounted the slides 2 which are slidably mounted upon supports '3. These supports 3 terminate short of the rear wall 4 of this cabinet there- 2 is a vertical se ional view cabinet taken along the line 1 with one of the slides parslides by providing space between the rear wall andthe inner ends of the slides 2 and supports lnthis space there has been provided a plurality of vertically disposed stl'ipsor bars which slidably fit into openh pster-med in the upperand lower walls o l tl'i'e cabinet Hooks 6 extend "from these bars 5 and each ot the bars carries a cam linger 7 Th'e numb'er of vertical bars 5 correspond to the number of slides 2 and. the cam fingers are so disposed upon the bars that a cam finger will extend towards each of the slides Each of the slides carries a plate orstrip 8 which extends from its rear and isprovided with an upstanding g'e 9 for engagement bythe blocks of the ba s 5." Itwill thus be seenthat with the es all m oved to a closed position and the bars 5 all held a raised position, the slides may be selectively drawn outwardly, outward movement or vanyone of the slides permittingfla 5 to move downwardly as shown in FigJ Q and thus, c ause the hooks this particular bar to; lock the remaining slides in a closed position, In order to per mit the bars to be moved upwardly to the inoperative position, each of the slides has beenpro'vided with a T-bar 10, the shank 11 of whichi's slidably mounted in a groove 12 forr'n edin the upper face of the slide and communicating with a] depression 13, in which recordis to be placed, This; bar 1O i's p'ro'\ id ed with a. finger extension .14: for enga in the finger extension 7 of the (";'o operating locking bar 5, and serving to retain the locking bar in a raised position, From an inspection ofFigs. 1 and 5, it will be seen that the shank 11 of each of these T-bars 10 is engaged by a spring 15 which is mounted in a pocket 16 formed in the slide 2. This spring serves to normally retain the T-bar in' a retracted position with the end of the shank 11 extending into the depression 13. lVheu the disk 17 is placed. in the depression, it will engage the end ot the shank llvand the l -bar will be moved 'to the position shown in Fig. 1. It will thus be seen that with a record in place thefinger extension 14 will extend into position for engaging the finger extension '1? of vthe c0- operatinlq locking bar 5 whereas with the record out of place, the linger extension M will not extend a sufficient amount to engage the linger extension 7. The slides can there'- fore only be locked against opening with a selected slide already open and with one of the slides open, the locking mechanism cannot be moved to a releasing position with out the record having been put back in the.

depression of the slide. It should be noted that the end of the bar 11 is true, or in other words cut away so that it can readily engage the disk record 17 and also that the depression 13 is undercut so that there will be no danger of the records being moved out of the recess when engaged with the shank 11. A finger receiving recess 18 is pro vided in each slide so that a record can be easily removed from the depression formed therein.

V hen this cabinet is in use, the records are placed in the depressions and. in doing so, the bars 10 are moved outv'vardly against the action of the springs 15 as shown in Fig. 1. The slides will then be moved in wardly and when they are moved to the closed position, the finger 14; of each slide will engage the cam finger 7 of its co-operating locking bar 5 thus raising the looking bars and retaining them in the inoperative position so that any one of the slides may be moved outwardly. When itis desired to play a certain record, the slide carrying the desired record will be drawn outwardly. As the slide moves outwardly, the finger 14 of this slide moves from beneath the finger"? of its co-operating bar 5v and this bar will then drop downwardly as shown in Fig. 4. ,The hooks 6 of this locking bar will then engage the upturned flanges 9 of the strips, 8 carried by the remaining slides and the remaining slides will be securely locked against opening. After the record has been placed upon the phono-- graph, the slide may be pushed back into place so that it will be out of the way, but since the record is out of place, the spring 15 will hold the bar 10 in a retracted position and the finger 140i this slide will not extend a' sufficient distance to engage the cams 7 of its cooperating bar 5. It will thus be seen that although the slide can be moved to the closed. position, the remaining slides will remain locked and cannot be opened while the record is out of the seat or depression 13 of. this particular slide. Therefore this record will have to be put back in place before the remaining slides can be opened andthere will be no danger of the records being left out of, place and becoming mixed. After the record has been played, it is to be put back in the depression 13 and when put back in place, it will engage the arm 11 and move the bar 10 outwardly to the operative position. At the same time, the springs 15 will cause the arm 11 to press against the edge of the record and cause the record to be moved into the undercut portion of the depression. The record will thus be securely held in place and will not be liable to slip out of the depression. With the record in place, the slide can then be closed and when closed its in ger 14 will engage the cam finger 7 of the co-operating locking bar 5 and this locking bar will then be moved'to a raised or inoperative position thus releasing all of the slides and permitting any one to be drawn out as desired. 7

I claim:

1. A record cabinet comprising a body, record holders movable into and out of said body, separate locking means for the holders movably mounted in said body and each having locking engagement with all but one of said holders when in a locking position, and separate releasing means for the various locking means each movably carried by one of said record holders and yieldably held out of position for engaging the cooperating locking means when an empty recordholder is closedand thus permit an empty record holder to be closed without releasing the remaining record holders, a record when placed in the holder moving the releasing means carried thereby into position for engaging and moving the locking means to an inoperative positionwhen the holder is closed.

2. A record cabinet comprising a body, record holding slides mounted in said body, vertically disposed, looking bars slidably mounted in said body and each having looking engagement with all but one of said slides when in a locking position, releasing I means slidably carried by each slide for moving its co-operatingbar to a position for releasing the remaining slides when the said slide is closed andthe releasing means in an extended position, and means yield- 1 ably retaining the releasing 'means in a retracted position, placing of a record upon a slide moving its releasing means to an extended position for moving'its co-operating locking bar-to a releasing position when the slide is closed.

3. A record cabinet comprising a body, drawers slidably mounted in said body, strips extending from the inner ends of said drawers and having upturned flanges, vertically disposed locking bars slidably mounted in said body and each having hook members for engaging the flanges of said strips and locking the drawers in a closed position, a cam carried by each of said looking bars, a T-bar upon each of said drawers having a shank extending for engagement with a record, cam engaging means carried by the T-bars and spring means for yieldably holding the T-bars moved for wardly out of position for engaging said cams and moving the locking bars to a releasing position until records are placed upon the drawers in engagement with the shanks of the T-bars. 1%)

inoperative position With the shanks extending into said recesses, records when placed in said recesses engaging the shanks and moving the locking bars to an extended and operative position.

5. The structure of claim 4; having the springs in the form of leaf-springs secured in pockets formed in the slides and extending into the grooves and engaging the shanks of the locking bars.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

EARL F. JAMIESON. 

